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How would you feel about a robot preparing your food?
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Ensures the product is consistent.
Plus robots don't call in sick.
Robots don't forget to wash after using the bathroom.
Robots don't go on strike.
Robots are what you get when the city council votes to raise minimum wage above the cost of a robot.9 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Oh, please, install one in my kitchen! With programmable recipes!
I hate cooking so much.
ETA: Do you think it does dishes, too?!?
That was my first thought!4 -
Quite a few restaurants only assemble foods/plate these days Many of the ingredients come preprepared anyway A lot of these prepped foods are already made in highly automated factories anyway and thus it would only be the net step to install robots/automation in a restaurant.
But I love cooking and therefore for me not in my own kitchen please2 -
All I ask is that a very responsible person is in charge of keeping it clean each day. I'm fine with it other than that.3
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »monkeefan1974 wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »I can't imagine why anyone would have a problem with this.
Besides, I'm pretty sure the robot didn't sneeze on my food.
Well, for one reason, some people think it will take jobs away from actual humans.
Fighting increased productivity from mechanization has been a lost cause for at least 250 years.
This sentence is the perfect opening for an epic sci-fi novel!1 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »Keto_Vampire wrote: »I don't necessarily think it would be a bad idea for fast food/convenience food
Would rather have a skilled chef prepare something complex, high end, seasonal, out-of the ordinary, etc. though if I were paying big bucks @ a restaurant though. Also, the human factor is there when someone makes a special request say because of food allergies/intolerances, religious dietary restrictions, etc.
I expect you would get better adherence to those kinds of requests through a well-designed ordering interface and a robotic food preparer than you would in the average restaurant with servers and kitchen staff who may or may not be well trained in those issues.
Yea, half the time the humans get my order wrong at fast food joints, how hard is it to do “no mayo, extra pickles”?!1 -
Given the automation that already exists in food processing, I don't really have an issue with this. I would, however, expect to pay less in this situation (I'm assuming human wages are more expensive than dealing with robot maintenance).2
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Keto_Vampire wrote: »I don't necessarily think it would be a bad idea for fast food/convenience food
Would rather have a skilled chef prepare something complex, high end, seasonal, out-of the ordinary, etc. though if I were paying big bucks @ a restaurant though. Also, the human factor is there when someone makes a special request say because of food allergies/intolerances, religious dietary restrictions, etc.
My only worry about this is that you would need to heavily clean the robot when dealing with food allergies. I suspect it'd be easier and more efficient to deal with that issue when food is being made by a person than when it's being made with a robot.2 -
Given the automation that already exists in food processing, I don't really have an issue with this. I would, however, expect to pay less in this situation (I'm assuming human wages are more expensive than dealing with robot maintenance).
At Creator they do have low prices compared to other places in the city. A $6 burger (made of grassfed beef & locally grown produce) and $3 sides, not bad for San Francisco!2 -
I just realized, I'm pretty sure this has been a thing in some restaurants in Japan for some time now. I remember watching an episode of Japanology on NHK a while ago that showed a sushi restaurant where the sushi was made primarily through automation.2
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I can think of some large tech firms whose programming staff I'd rather not have coding up algorithms for some robot that makes my food.
(That's a joke, son!)
Otherwise, why would I care, except that the reductio is even fewer jobs for lower-skilled/educated workers? I'd love if they could be skilled/educated or otherwise purposeful, but there's little social good in disaffected people with no sense of purpose, and too much time on their hands.
I wish that were a joke.7 -
I can think of some large tech firms whose programming staff I'd rather not have coding up algorithms for some robot that makes my food.
(That's a joke, son!)
Otherwise, why would I care, except that the reductio is even fewer jobs for lower-skilled/educated workers? I'd love if they could be skilled/educated or otherwise purposeful, but there's little social good in disaffected people with no sense of purpose, and too much time on their hands.
I wish that were a joke.
Honestly that's the primary reason I see in not having a restaurant where all or most of the food is prepared by robots.5 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Oh, please, install one in my kitchen! With programmable recipes!
I hate cooking so much.
ETA: Do you think it does dishes, too?!?
A woman after my own . Let's share the robot and teach it how to weight and log the food too.3 -
Keto_Vampire wrote: »I don't necessarily think it would be a bad idea for fast food/convenience food
Would rather have a skilled chef prepare something complex, high end, seasonal, out-of the ordinary, etc. though if I were paying big bucks @ a restaurant though. Also, the human factor is there when someone makes a special request say because of food allergies/intolerances, religious dietary restrictions, etc.
My only worry about this is that you would need to heavily clean the robot when dealing with food allergies. I suspect it'd be easier and more efficient to deal with that issue when food is being made by a person than when it's being made with a robot.
Simple: Disposable coverings for any robotic surfaces that come in contact with food.1 -
I wouldn't eat there.2
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I think a lot of people have skewed impressions (overly optimistic) of the future & technological advances...watching too many movies. Reality for us who work with automation on a daily basis: robots & programs are delicate little flowers/snowflakes...so many of even the slightest variables can require human intervention to correct said robots/automation systems...mainly other humans touching said robots (rant)8
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monkeefan1974 wrote: »Cassandraw3 wrote: »Makes great sense from a quality control perspective. Eliminates the possibility of human error for a consistent product every time.
Funny thing is these burgers have more of a “handmade look” to them than those from a chain restaurant where a person assembles them
This reminds me of a randomizer program applied to manufacturing to simulate "imperfections" so that product appeared as if these were handmade.0 -
I wouldn’t mind, it makes me cringe knowing that someone is preparing my food without gloves I always picture their knuckle hairs getting into my food.0
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I think automation has grave consequences for our society without some kind of UBI but yes, I would eat the burger.1
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How would I feel? Brilliant.1
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